Checkbook elections? : political finance in comparative perspective / edited by Pippa Norris and Andrea Abel van Es.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Norris, Pippa, editor.

Abel van Es, Andrea, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Campaign funds.

Campaign funds--Case studies.

Campaign funds--Law and legislation.

Comparative government.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Money is essential to the functioning of electoral politics, yet regulating its appropriate use raises complex and controversial challenges in countries around the world. Checkbook Elections? Presents an original theory for understanding policies regulating political finance, reflection the degree to which laws are laissez-faire or guided by state intervention. Each chapter is written by an area specialist, and the volume collectively covers long-established democracies, hybrid regimes, affluent post-industrial societies, major emerging economies, and developing societies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Understanding political finance reform / Pippa Norris and Andrea Abel van Es

Brazil / Bruno Speck

Britain / Justin Fisher

India / Eswaran Sridharan and Milan Vaishnav

Indonesia / Marcus Mietzner

Japan / Matthew Carlson

Russia / Grigorii V. Golosov

South Africa / Richard Calland

Sweden / Magnus Ohman

United States / Richard Briffault

Why regulate? / Andrea Abel van Es

Does regulation work? / Pippa Norris and Andrea Abel van Es

The lessons for political finance reform / Pippa Norris and Andrea Abel van Es.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Checkbook elections?

ISBN:

9780190603601

0190603607

9780190603618

0190603615

OCLC:

934432712